Karnataka HC likely to pronounce its judgement on Hijab controversy case tomorrow

A bench of the Karnataka High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the Hijab controversy on Tuesday. Ahead of the verdict in the Hijab row case, the Bengaluru police commissioner has issued an order prohibiting gatherings, agitations, protests, or celebrations of any kind in public places in the city for one week i.e. from March 15 to 21.

The case is seeking permission to allow Muslim girls to attend classes in schools and pre-university colleges where there is a prescribed school uniform led to tension on the campuses of educational institutions in



Karnataka.

According to the lawyers appearing for the petitioner girls from Udupi district, the matter pertaining to Hijab case has been listed for Tuesday as serial No. 1 and the court may spell out the operative part of the verdict from 10.30 am onwards.

The full bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice J M Khazi was constituted on February 9 on a petition filed by girls from Udupi who prayed that they should be allowed to wear Hijab even inside the classroom along with the school uniform as it was part of their faith.